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n.r.davis Oldtimer Offline Posts: 584 Joined: Dec 3^rd, 2015	Old Stevens action, what to do? Jun 29^th, 2017 at 12:55pm	Print Post
	Picked this up at a Show and though missing a lot of the internals it came home with me. Has a 3 digit serial number stamped in the tang. Suggestions? In my younger days I would have made a Hornet out of it......


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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #1 - Jun 29^th, 2017 at 12:58pm	Print Post
	What is "this"?


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n.r.davis Oldtimer Offline Posts: 584 Joined: Dec 3^rd, 2015	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #2 - Jun 29^th, 2017 at 1:32pm	Print Post
	This is a Stevens Favorite action, .870" thick. Having a dickens of a time posting pictures. Old dogs, new tricks, no rewards.....


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #3 - Jun 30^th, 2017 at 12:03am	Print Post
	Later period 1894 Favorite, has the screwed-down hammer spring. Not a lotta choices what to do with it, assuming you can scare up a barrel and the missing internals from Gunbroker or evilBay. .22 Long Rifle by far the easiest to do, of course. Three digit number is meaningless - they stopped sequential numbering long before that one was made. They got a letter + 3 or 4 digits, perhaps as a lot number. Only early ones with the 7 o'clock extractor have a real serial number.
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bg7m Full Member Online Posts: 103 Location: North Georgia Joined: Jan 21^st, 2009	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #4 - Jun 30^th, 2017 at 9:13am	Print Post
	I'm not an expert, but if it were mine I would try making a 22lr with an octagon barrel


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Rebel Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4292 Location: Rockets and Race Cars Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #5 - Jun 30^th, 2017 at 9:20am	Print Post
	Don't get too involved with it. You're time and money are best spent elsewhere. Put it in a drawer and maybe someday some parts will show up. It's like wire coat hangers, put two in a dark closet and next time you look, they'll be a dozen. Aaron

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16274 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #6 - Jun 30^th, 2017 at 7:01pm	Print Post
	If it's missing much, it's cheaper to buy a whole gun than replace very many parts. But if you get the action working, I'd recommend a .22LR only.

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n.r.davis Oldtimer Offline Posts: 584 Joined: Dec 3^rd, 2015	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #7 - Jul 2^nd, 2017 at 7:10pm	Print Post
	Thanks to all for the info. Have a friend that is retiring and wanting to work on guns. Looks like it will be a nice first polish exercise for him. David


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Rex N Full Member Offline Posts: 122 Location: Canada Joined: Aug 16^th, 2017	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #8 - Aug 24^th, 2017 at 1:27am	Print Post
	Here is what I did with an old Stevens Favorite. Bent the tang, taped the action to scew in the barrel, casehardened, turned a green mountain 27" barrel to 1/2 octagon, rust blued, CPA stevens stock blank, ballard buttplate.


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Rex N Full Member Offline Posts: 122 Location: Canada Joined: Aug 16^th, 2017	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #9 - Aug 24^th, 2017 at 1:35am	Print Post
	Here is another one that I started and will hopefully finish someday. It was a really rough 25 cal that I bought sight unseen for $50, used it to try some more casehardening and now I think it needs to become something nice. The weak Canadian dollar kills me and pretty much doubles the price of the stock blank by the time you pay the xtra shipping, taxes and exchange.

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jy3855 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 368 Location: California Joined: Jul 13^th, 2015	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #10 - Aug 24^th, 2017 at 2:50pm	Print Post
	Beautiful work on the Favorites, Rex N. I'd love to have a Favorite like the top one - who wouldn't. Gorgeous!


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LONG RANGE Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 414 Location: CHERRY VALLEY, CA Joined: Oct 3^rd, 2013	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #11 - Aug 25^th, 2017 at 4:24pm	Print Post
	Mr Davis, if you had chambered a Stevens Favorite in 22 Hornet in your younger days and fired it, you would not have seen your older days. The Hornet has blown up Krags. I read a piece about the Favorite and it said some of the older ones are not strong enough for modern .22 Long Rifle cartridge.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16274 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #12 - Aug 25^th, 2017 at 5:26pm	Print Post
	Beautiful gun Rex N!

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Rex N Full Member Offline Posts: 122 Location: Canada Joined: Aug 16^th, 2017	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #13 - Aug 26^th, 2017 at 12:47pm	Print Post
	Thanks, I have built a few but that is probably my favourite, pun intended! The other action is one of three old rusty things I had bouncing around that I decided to practice casehardening on. Here are all three right after casehardening, no laquer just some oil on them. Here is a couple of 44's that I built from parts. The one in the homemade case is my 22bpcr silhouette rifle and it is deadly.


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Rex N Full Member Offline Posts: 122 Location: Canada Joined: Aug 16^th, 2017	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #14 - Aug 26^th, 2017 at 12:52pm	Print Post
	I'll try the pics again, something is not working.


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GeorgeC Oldtimer Offline ASSRA 11411 Posts: 521 Location: Madison, IN Joined: Dec 27^th, 2012	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #15 - Aug 29^th, 2017 at 6:20pm	Print Post
	Nice rifles and actions. Nice case also. Where did you get the case?

	Never mind the mule. Just load the wagon.
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Rex N Full Member Offline Posts: 122 Location: Canada Joined: Aug 16^th, 2017	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #16 - Aug 29^th, 2017 at 7:39pm	Print Post
	Thanks I just made the case from plywood and covered it with canvas duck in hunter green.


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slumlord44 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2850 Location: Lebanon, Illinois 62254 Joined: Dec 21^st, 2007	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #17 - Aug 29^th, 2017 at 11:13pm	Print Post
	Where did you get the Stevens Label in the case? It looks so right with the case and the gun.


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Rex N Full Member Offline Posts: 122 Location: Canada Joined: Aug 16^th, 2017	Re: Old Stevens action, what to do? Reply #18 - Aug 29^th, 2017 at 11:34pm	Print Post
	I just found it on google and printed the picture on antique colored paper. My daughter is going to design a gun makers label for me for future cases. I would love to find an original and take a higher resolution picture.


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